Friday, July 24, 2015

July 29th (Day 210) Bible Reading

2Ch 24:1
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of
Beersheba.

2Ch 24:2 And Joash
did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of
Jehoiada the priest.

2Ch 24:3 And
Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

2Ch 24:4 And it
came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of
the LORD.

2Ch 24:5 And he
gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto
the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your
God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites
hastened it not.

2Ch 24:6 And the
king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not
required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the
collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the
LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

2Ch 24:7 For the sons
of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all
the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

2Ch 24:8 And at
the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the
house of the LORD.

2Ch 24:9 And they
made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the
collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the
wilderness.

2Ch 24:10 And all
the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the
chest, until they had made an end.

2Ch 24:11 Now it
came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by
the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money,
the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and
took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and
gathered money in abundance.

2Ch 24:12 And the
king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house
of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD,
and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.

2Ch 24:13 So the
workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of
God in his state, and strengthened it.

2Ch 24:14 And when
they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king
and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even
vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of
gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD
continually all the days of Jehoiada.

2Ch 24:15 But
Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty
years old was he when he died.

2Ch 24:16 And they
buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in
Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

2Ch 24:17 Now
after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to
the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

2Ch 24:18 And they
left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols:
and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

2Ch 24:19 Yet he
sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified
against them: but they would not give ear.

2Ch 24:20 And the
Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood
above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the
commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the
LORD, he hath also forsaken you.

2Ch 24:21 And they
conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the
king in the court of the house of the LORD.

2Ch 24:22 Thus
Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done
to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it,
and require it.

2Ch 24:23 And it
came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up
against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the
princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them
unto the king of Damascus.

2Ch 24:24 For the
army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a
very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of
their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.

2Ch 24:25 And when
they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own
servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the
priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city
of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

2Ch 24:26 And
these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an
Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.

2Ch 24:27 Now concerning
his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the
repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of
the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

2Ch 25:1
Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

2Ch 25:2 And he
did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a
perfect heart.

2Ch 25:3 Now it
came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his
servants that had killed the king his father.

2Ch 25:4 But he
slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in
the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die
for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man
shall die for his own sin.

2Ch 25:5 Moreover
Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and
captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers,
throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old
and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go
forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

2Ch 25:6 He hired
also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred
talents of silver.

2Ch 25:7 But there
came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with
thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the
children of Ephraim.

2Ch 25:8 But if
thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall
before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

2Ch 25:9 And
Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents
which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD
is able to give thee much more than this.

2Ch 25:10 Then
Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of
Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against
Judah, and they returned home in great anger.

2Ch 25:11 And
Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley
of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.

2Ch 25:12 And other
ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive,
and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of
the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

2Ch 25:13 But the
soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him
to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and
smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.

2Ch 25:14 Now it
came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites,
that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be
his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.

2Ch 25:15
Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent
unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of
the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?

2Ch 25:16 And it
came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art
thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then
the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee,
because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

2Ch 25:17 Then
Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the
son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.

2Ch 25:18 And
Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was
in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy
daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in
Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

2Ch 25:20 But
Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them
into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of
Edom.

2Ch 25:21 So Joash
the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both
he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

2Ch 25:22 And
Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.

2Ch 25:23 And
Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son
of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the
wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred
cubits.

2Ch 25:24 And he
took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in
the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king's house, the
hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

2Ch 25:25 And
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of
Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

2Ch 25:26 Now the
rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not
written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?

2Ch 25:27 Now
after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a
conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to
Lachish after him, and slew him there.

2Ch 25:28 And they
brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

Rom 12:1
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye
present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is
your reasonable service.

Rom 12:2 And be
not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your
mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect,
will of God.

Rom 12:3 For I
say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to
think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think
soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

Rom 12:4 For as we
have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

Rom 12:5 So we, being
many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

Rom 12:6 Having
then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether
prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

Rom 12:7 Or
ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on
teaching;

Rom 12:8 Or he
that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with
simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with
cheerfulness.

Rom 12:9 Let
love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which
is good.

Rom 12:10 Be
kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one
another;

Rom 12:11 Not
slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;